Freshta Jalalzai is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
The horrific beating and burning to death of a 27-year-old Afghan woman five years ago today in the very heart of Kabul by a mob of angry men still shocks the senses in a country where women are fighting for basic rights.
An RFE/RL correspondent who grew up under the Taliban regime wonders what the return of the Taliban might be like under Afghanistan's conditional peace deal.
Much has been written about Afghan girls who are forced to become child brides. But a painful story that few Afghans talk about is how boys also are being pushed into marriage at a young age.
Overwhelmed doctors at Kabul’s Emergency Hospital refused to operate on Salema until her mother could prove her injuries were from a battle, and not domestic violence.
Female activists in Pakistan’s western Pashtun belt are playing a vital role in a movement demanding security and rights for a conservative region where women have been traditionally absent from public and political life.
Career U.S. diplomat David Katz discusses the fallout of the recent spat between Washington and Kabul over remarks by Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib.
The pre-election mood in Afghanistan is dominated by optimism but marked by fears of violence and voter fraud.
Manzoor Pashteen says the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement ultimately wants Islamabad to address their concerns within the laws and constitution of Pakistan.
Thousands of families have fled while tens of thousands more face worsening conditions as Afghan forces and the Taliban fight over a key provincial capital in northern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s young ambassador in Washington is hopeful about continued U.S. support as his country struggles against resurgent Taliban.
Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan says the Taliban are likely to participate in direct peace talks with Kabul in the near future.
A media watchdog in Afghanistan says more than 250 journalists fled to Europe last year to escape threats, insecurity, and an uncertain future in their country.
Officials in Afghanistan’s northwestern province of Faryab say a young woman in a remote village has had her nose cut off by her husband.
As Europe scrambles to cope with a river of refugees and migrants, RFE/RL Gandhara speaks to a desperate young Afghan man embarking on the dangerous journey to Europe to flee possible execution by the Taliban.
The Afghan government says Taliban leader Mullah Omar's absence will pave the way toward peace. But skeptics counter that his death could in fact complicate the peace process.
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